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Negativity “Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured” (1 Corinthians 10:10). The following story is told of a farmer who was prone to focus more on the negative than the positive: One bright sunny day, a neighbor stopped by and commented on the farmer’s wonderful bumper crop. “You must be extremely happy with this year’s harvest,” he said. “Well, yes, it looks like an extra good one, but a bumper crop is awfully hard on the soil.” Yes, if we are not careful, it is easy to focus on the bad and the negative. Our verse today tells us that the children of Israel often did this during their forty years journey through the wilderness. Negativity leads to murmuring and complaining, unthankfulness and faultfinding. This attitude then leads to discouragement and, ultimately, sin. We read that, “When the people complained, it displeased the Lord” (Numbers 11:1). It is easy to develop a critical, grumbling attitude. But let’s focus today on the good things that the Lord is doing in our lives. If you do this, you will find that you have every reason to be thankful!
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